Extractive Reserves in Brazilian Amazonia
Extractive Reserves in Brazilian Amazonia

Author: Catarina A.S. Cardoso

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1351733281

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This title was first published in 2003: Despite their growing political significance, the linkages between local resource management and the global political economy are often poorly understood. This book addresses these linkages in a grounded analysis of extractive reserves : areas in Brazil set aside for local populations who depend on natural resources for their livelihood. Extractive reserves are the result of the struggle of the rubber tappers for control over their natural resources and worldwide concern with the conservation of the Amazon Rainforest. The author examines their significance for Brazil as a pioneering legislative and policy initiative to combine conservation with productive use of natural resources, to recognize common property rights to natural resources, and to support traditional populations’ modes of production. Extractive Reserves in Brazilian Amazonia examines the formation and institutional sustainability of the reserves, and in so doing provides a valuable insight into the relationship between local institutions and the wider socio-political and economic context with regard to forest management.

The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon
The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon

Author: Lykke E. Andersen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-12-12

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780521811972

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A multi-disciplinary team of authors analyze the economics of Brazilian deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. They survey the most up to date work in this field and present their own dynamic and spatial econometric analysis based on municipality level panel data spanning the entire Brazilian Amazon from 1970 to 1996. By observing the dynamics of land use change over such a long period the team is able to provide quantitative estimates of the long-run economic costs and benefits of both land clearing and government policies such as road building. The authors find that some government policies, such as road paving in already highly settled areas, are beneficial both for economic development and for the preservation of forest, while other policies, such as the construction of unpaved roads through virgin areas, stimulate wasteful land uses to the detriment of both economic growth and forest cover.

REDD+ on the ground
REDD+ on the ground

Author: Erin O Sills

Publisher: CIFOR

Published: 2014-12-24

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 6021504550

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REDD+ is one of the leading near-term options for global climate change mitigation. More than 300 subnational REDD+ initiatives have been launched across the tropics, responding to both the call for demonstration activities in the Bali Action Plan and the market for voluntary carbon offset credits.

Rainforest Mafias
Rainforest Mafias

Author: Cesar Muñoz Acebes

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 9781646640027

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"This report documents how illegal logging by criminal networks and resulting forest fires are connected to acts of violence and intimidation against forest defenders and the state's failure to investigate and prosecute these crimes."--Publisher website, viewed September 27, 2019.

Contested Frontiers in Amazonia
Contested Frontiers in Amazonia

Author: Marianne Schmink

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1992-06-24

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780231513883

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An interdisciplinary analysis of the process of frontier change in one region of the Brazilian Amazon, the southern portion of the state of Pará.

Brazil in the Anthropocene
Brazil in the Anthropocene

Author: Liz-Rejane Issberner

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-12-19

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1134844220

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This book examines Brazil's position in the global ecological crisis and how social, political, ethical, scientific and economic issues affect its environmental performance.

Tapping the Green Market
Tapping the Green Market

Author: Abraham Guillen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 471

ISBN-13: 1136555242

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There is a rapidly growing interest in, and demand for, non-timber forest products (NTFPs). They provide critical resources across the globe fulfilling nutritional, medicinal, financial and cultural needs. However, they have been largely overlooked in mainstream conservation and forestry politics. This volume explains the use and importance of certification and eco-labelling for guaranteeing best management practices of non-timber forest products in the field. Using extensive case studies and global profiles of non-timber forest products, this work not only seeks to further our comprehension of certification processes but also broaden understanding of non-timber forest product management, harvesting and marketing. It should be useful to forest managers, policy-makers and conservation organizations as well as for academics in these areas.

China and Sustainable Development in Latin America
China and Sustainable Development in Latin America

Author: Rebecca Ray

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2017-01-02

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1783086165

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During Latin America’s China-led commodity boom, governments turned a blind eye to the inherent flaws in the region’s economic policy. Now that the commodity boom is coming to an end, those flaws cannot be ignored. High on the list of shortcomings is the fact that Latin American governments—and Chinese investors—largely fell short of mitigating the social and environmental impacts of commodity-led growth. The recent commodity boom exacerbated pressure on the region’s waterways and forests, accentuating threats to human health, biodiversity, global climate change and local livelihoods. China and Sustainable Development in Latin America documents the social and environmental impact of the China-led commodity boom in the region. It also highlights important areas of innovation, like Chile’s solar energy sector, in which governments, communities and investors worked together to harness the commodity boom for the benefit of the people and the planet.